ANNOUNCEMENTS
NEW WORK PUBLISHED/FORTHCOMING:
On My Mother's Wings forthcoming in SYNCOPATION LITERARY JOURNAL, Volume 1 Issue 2, summer/fall 2022. Visit https://syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com.
Relic and A Little Tepid Pool in AJI MAGAZINE, issue #16, spring 2022. Visit www.ajimagazine.com.
Wind Like a River in THE CAPE ROCK, issue #50, spring 2022. Visit www.semopress.com.
Certain Light forthcoming in VERSEWEAVERS, issue #26, spring/summer 2022. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Still Snowing Here and Doe in the Snow in CIRCLE OF SEASONS, winter issue 2022. Visit https://fishtrap.org/circle-of-seasons.
Sculptor and Philips Reservoir, Watching the Cranes Come In in CIRQUE, a Literary Journal for the North Pacific Rim, issue #23, December 2021. Visit https://www.cirquejournal.com.
Raking Leaves Yesterday in CIRCLE OF SEASONS, fall issue 2021. Visit https://fishtrap.org/circle-of-seasons.
It Rains Sometimes in FREE STATE REVIEW, issue #14, summer/fall 2021. Visit https://freestatereview.com.
What Sets It Apart and Articulation in CIRCLE OF SEASONS, spring issue 2021. Visit https://fishtrap.org/circle-of-seasons.
Heart, One Word Muse, and How She Calls It a Window in HOLE IN THE HEAD REVIEW, Volume 2, May 2021. Visit https://www.holeintheheadreview.com.
Raven, Still Life with Peonies, and Where the Ground is Uneven I Stumble in AJI MAGAZINE, issue #14, spring 2021. Visit www.ajimagazine.com.
My Father Had a Blue Jay in MOLECULE TINY LIT MAG, issue #4, spring 2021. Visit https://moleculetinylitmag.art.blog.
Philips Reservoir, Watching the Cranes Come In in KOSMOS QUARTERLY Spring Gallery of Poets, April Newsletter 2021. Visit https://www.kosmosjournal.org.
Tree Frogs at 8:30 pm on a Wednesday Night in Rain, Poem as Simple Survival Gear, and Nearing the Vastness of Things in the OPA PANDEMIC 2020 ANTHOLOGY, winter 2021. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Here's Hoping This Finds You Well and Doing the Things You Love Most in AURORAS & BLOSSOMS JOURNAL (UK), issue #6, January 2021. Visit https://abpositiveart.com.
Just Love as the Backyard Chickens in AURORAS & BLOSSOMS 2020 EDITION POARTMO ANTHOLOGY (UK), fall 2020. Visit https://abpositiveart.com.
#Stephon Clark in WE ARE ANTIFA, Expressions Against Fascism, Racism and Police Violence in the United States and Beyond, from INTO THE VOID (CANADA), summer 2020. Visit https://intothevoidmagazine.com.
With Strings in the Background Still Shivering in THE ICE COLONY, season 2 podcast, October 26, 2020. Visit https://icecolonypodcast.wixsite.com/website.
Entertaining the Ghost in GHOST STORIES, A Collection of Fictitious and True Stories, from SEZ Publishing, fall 2020. Visit https://sezpublishing.com.
Lives of the Seraphim in AMETHYST REVIEW (UK), summer 2020. Visit https://www.amethystmagazine.org.
Parissawampitts in THE STILLWATER REVIEW, Volume #10, 2020. Visit https://www.sussex.edu/community/betty-june-silconas-poetry-center.
Here a Small Rain in VERSEWEAVERS, issue #24, 2019. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Wail in VOICECATCHER online, 2019. Visit http://voicecatcher.org.
Cornflowers, Iris in WILLAWAW JOURNAL issue #8, winter 2019. Visit https://willawawjournal.com.
What We Make of It, Art of Dissent, I Can See Rows of Angels Just Waiting, Noose, and Tender Competition Border Crossing in TERRA INCOGNITA, an anthology from Bob Hill Publishing, summer 2019. Visit https://www.bobhillpublishing.com.
More Than Halfway There Now in COMMON GROUND REVIEW, spring/summer issue, 2018. Visit https://cgreview.org.
A Brighter Light in BARNSTORM JOURNAL, 2018. Visit http://barnstormjournal.org.
At the Human Test Site, Greater Good, Migrants Immigrants Welcome, and Water as Much as Anything in MOMENTS BEFORE MIDNIGHT, an anthology from Bob Hill Publishing, winter 2018. Visit https://www.bobhillpublishing.com.
Effigy of a Man in VERSEWEAVERS, issue #23, 2018. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Nearing the Vastness of Things in PEREGRINE Volume XXXI from Amherst Writers & Artists Press, 2017. Visit www.amherstwriters.com.
When It Happened the Last Time in THIRD WEDNESDAY Vol. X, No. 3, summer 2017. Visit www.thirdwednesday.org.
Wind in Things in WILLAWAW JOURNAL, issue #1, summer 2017. Visit https://willawawjournal.com.
Instructions for Balance in RAVEN CHRONICLES, Balancing Acts, Volume #25, 2017. Visit https://www.ravenchronicles.org.
Veil Nebula in WEAVING THE TERRAIN, 100-Word Southwestern Poems, from Dos Gatos Press, 2017. Visit www.dosgatospress.org.
Wind in HAWAI'I PACIFIC REVIEW, May 2017. Visit https://hawaiipacificreview.org.
Finding Center, Grating Carrots, Trekking with Berries in HELEN LITERARY MAGAZINE, fall 2016. Watch video poems Finding Center and Trekking with Berries on YouTube. Visit https://helenlitmag.com.
Removing the Dishes in XANADU, from Long Island Poetry Collective, 2016. Email longislandpoetrycollective@gmail.com
or write to Long Island Poetry Collective, PO Box 773, Huntington, NY 11743.
CONTESTS/AWARDS:
Certain Light awarded 2nd place in Oregon Poetry Association 2021 Spring Contest, Poet's Choice category. John Morrison, judge. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
As It Never Did Play Out awarded 2nd honorable mention in Oregon Poetry Association 2021 Fall Contest, Theme: The Sea category. Christopher Luna, judge. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Here a Small Rain awarded 3rd place in Oregon Poetry Association 2019 Fall Contest, Members Only category. Leah Stenson, judge. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Effigy of a Man awarded 1st place in Oregon Poetry Association 2017 Spring Contest, Oregon/Pacific Northwest category. Charles Goodrich, judge. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Fruit Preserves in Glass Jars awarded 3rd honorable mention in Oregon Poetry Association 2018 Fall Contest, Harvest Theme category. Michael Hanner, judge. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Will It Delight awarded 1st honorable mention in Oregon Poetry Association 2017 Spring Contest, New Poets category. Sheila Black, judge. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
What Sets It Apart awarded 1st honorable mention in Oregon Poetry Association 2016 Fall Contest, Members Only category. Kelly Eastlund, judge. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Nacre, the Unknown awarded 4th honorable mention in NFSPS 2019 contest, Louisiana State Poetry Society Award. Visit https://www.nfsps.com/Strophes.html.
Articulation awarded 6th honorable mention in NFSPS 2019 contest,The Diamond T Award. Visit https://www.nfsps.com/Strophes.html.
NEW WORK PUBLISHED/FORTHCOMING:
On My Mother's Wings forthcoming in SYNCOPATION LITERARY JOURNAL, Volume 1 Issue 2, summer/fall 2022. Visit https://syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com.
Relic and A Little Tepid Pool in AJI MAGAZINE, issue #16, spring 2022. Visit www.ajimagazine.com.
Wind Like a River in THE CAPE ROCK, issue #50, spring 2022. Visit www.semopress.com.
Certain Light forthcoming in VERSEWEAVERS, issue #26, spring/summer 2022. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Still Snowing Here and Doe in the Snow in CIRCLE OF SEASONS, winter issue 2022. Visit https://fishtrap.org/circle-of-seasons.
Sculptor and Philips Reservoir, Watching the Cranes Come In in CIRQUE, a Literary Journal for the North Pacific Rim, issue #23, December 2021. Visit https://www.cirquejournal.com.
Raking Leaves Yesterday in CIRCLE OF SEASONS, fall issue 2021. Visit https://fishtrap.org/circle-of-seasons.
It Rains Sometimes in FREE STATE REVIEW, issue #14, summer/fall 2021. Visit https://freestatereview.com.
What Sets It Apart and Articulation in CIRCLE OF SEASONS, spring issue 2021. Visit https://fishtrap.org/circle-of-seasons.
Heart, One Word Muse, and How She Calls It a Window in HOLE IN THE HEAD REVIEW, Volume 2, May 2021. Visit https://www.holeintheheadreview.com.
Raven, Still Life with Peonies, and Where the Ground is Uneven I Stumble in AJI MAGAZINE, issue #14, spring 2021. Visit www.ajimagazine.com.
My Father Had a Blue Jay in MOLECULE TINY LIT MAG, issue #4, spring 2021. Visit https://moleculetinylitmag.art.blog.
Philips Reservoir, Watching the Cranes Come In in KOSMOS QUARTERLY Spring Gallery of Poets, April Newsletter 2021. Visit https://www.kosmosjournal.org.
Tree Frogs at 8:30 pm on a Wednesday Night in Rain, Poem as Simple Survival Gear, and Nearing the Vastness of Things in the OPA PANDEMIC 2020 ANTHOLOGY, winter 2021. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Here's Hoping This Finds You Well and Doing the Things You Love Most in AURORAS & BLOSSOMS JOURNAL (UK), issue #6, January 2021. Visit https://abpositiveart.com.
Just Love as the Backyard Chickens in AURORAS & BLOSSOMS 2020 EDITION POARTMO ANTHOLOGY (UK), fall 2020. Visit https://abpositiveart.com.
#Stephon Clark in WE ARE ANTIFA, Expressions Against Fascism, Racism and Police Violence in the United States and Beyond, from INTO THE VOID (CANADA), summer 2020. Visit https://intothevoidmagazine.com.
With Strings in the Background Still Shivering in THE ICE COLONY, season 2 podcast, October 26, 2020. Visit https://icecolonypodcast.wixsite.com/website.
Entertaining the Ghost in GHOST STORIES, A Collection of Fictitious and True Stories, from SEZ Publishing, fall 2020. Visit https://sezpublishing.com.
Lives of the Seraphim in AMETHYST REVIEW (UK), summer 2020. Visit https://www.amethystmagazine.org.
Parissawampitts in THE STILLWATER REVIEW, Volume #10, 2020. Visit https://www.sussex.edu/community/betty-june-silconas-poetry-center.
Here a Small Rain in VERSEWEAVERS, issue #24, 2019. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Wail in VOICECATCHER online, 2019. Visit http://voicecatcher.org.
Cornflowers, Iris in WILLAWAW JOURNAL issue #8, winter 2019. Visit https://willawawjournal.com.
What We Make of It, Art of Dissent, I Can See Rows of Angels Just Waiting, Noose, and Tender Competition Border Crossing in TERRA INCOGNITA, an anthology from Bob Hill Publishing, summer 2019. Visit https://www.bobhillpublishing.com.
More Than Halfway There Now in COMMON GROUND REVIEW, spring/summer issue, 2018. Visit https://cgreview.org.
A Brighter Light in BARNSTORM JOURNAL, 2018. Visit http://barnstormjournal.org.
At the Human Test Site, Greater Good, Migrants Immigrants Welcome, and Water as Much as Anything in MOMENTS BEFORE MIDNIGHT, an anthology from Bob Hill Publishing, winter 2018. Visit https://www.bobhillpublishing.com.
Effigy of a Man in VERSEWEAVERS, issue #23, 2018. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Nearing the Vastness of Things in PEREGRINE Volume XXXI from Amherst Writers & Artists Press, 2017. Visit www.amherstwriters.com.
When It Happened the Last Time in THIRD WEDNESDAY Vol. X, No. 3, summer 2017. Visit www.thirdwednesday.org.
Wind in Things in WILLAWAW JOURNAL, issue #1, summer 2017. Visit https://willawawjournal.com.
Instructions for Balance in RAVEN CHRONICLES, Balancing Acts, Volume #25, 2017. Visit https://www.ravenchronicles.org.
Veil Nebula in WEAVING THE TERRAIN, 100-Word Southwestern Poems, from Dos Gatos Press, 2017. Visit www.dosgatospress.org.
Wind in HAWAI'I PACIFIC REVIEW, May 2017. Visit https://hawaiipacificreview.org.
Finding Center, Grating Carrots, Trekking with Berries in HELEN LITERARY MAGAZINE, fall 2016. Watch video poems Finding Center and Trekking with Berries on YouTube. Visit https://helenlitmag.com.
Removing the Dishes in XANADU, from Long Island Poetry Collective, 2016. Email longislandpoetrycollective@gmail.com
or write to Long Island Poetry Collective, PO Box 773, Huntington, NY 11743.
CONTESTS/AWARDS:
Certain Light awarded 2nd place in Oregon Poetry Association 2021 Spring Contest, Poet's Choice category. John Morrison, judge. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
As It Never Did Play Out awarded 2nd honorable mention in Oregon Poetry Association 2021 Fall Contest, Theme: The Sea category. Christopher Luna, judge. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Here a Small Rain awarded 3rd place in Oregon Poetry Association 2019 Fall Contest, Members Only category. Leah Stenson, judge. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Effigy of a Man awarded 1st place in Oregon Poetry Association 2017 Spring Contest, Oregon/Pacific Northwest category. Charles Goodrich, judge. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Fruit Preserves in Glass Jars awarded 3rd honorable mention in Oregon Poetry Association 2018 Fall Contest, Harvest Theme category. Michael Hanner, judge. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Will It Delight awarded 1st honorable mention in Oregon Poetry Association 2017 Spring Contest, New Poets category. Sheila Black, judge. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
What Sets It Apart awarded 1st honorable mention in Oregon Poetry Association 2016 Fall Contest, Members Only category. Kelly Eastlund, judge. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Nacre, the Unknown awarded 4th honorable mention in NFSPS 2019 contest, Louisiana State Poetry Society Award. Visit https://www.nfsps.com/Strophes.html.
Articulation awarded 6th honorable mention in NFSPS 2019 contest,The Diamond T Award. Visit https://www.nfsps.com/Strophes.html.
"It is the artist's job to make form. Not even to make it, but to allow it. Allow form. And all artists have a different relationship to it, and a different philosophy of it . . . I think that when you are trying to open up a territory--in this case I was working with a desire to open the lyric--you have to be greedy, in that you want more than you can do. And you're always bound to fail."--Brenda Hillman (1951- )